2006 Kansas Code - 59-29a11

      59-29a11.   Transitional release, conditional release or final discharge; subsequent discharge petitions, limitations. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person from filing a petition for transitional release, conditional release or final discharge pursuant to this act. However, if a person has previously filed a petition for transitional release, conditional release or final discharge without the secretary of the department of social and rehabilitation services approval and the court determined either upon review of the petition or following a hearing, that the petitioner's petition was frivolous or that the petitioner's condition had not so changed that the person was safe to be at large, then the court shall deny the subsequent petition unless the petition contains facts upon which a court could find the condition of the petitioner had so changed that a hearing was warranted. Upon receipt of a first or subsequent petition from committed persons without the secretary's approval, the court shall endeavor whenever possible to review the petition and determine if the petition is based upon frivolous grounds and if so shall deny the petition without a hearing.

      History:   L. 1994, ch. 316, § 11; L. 1998, ch. 198, § 6; July 1.